Given name & surname
Arsene
“a manly man”·“male, virile”
Arsene is a variant of Arsenio. One Greek interpretation is “a manly man.” Arsene is a variant of Arseni. One Greek interpretation is “male, virile.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arsene is a variant of Arsenio. One Greek interpretation is “a manly man.” Arsene is a variant of Arseni. One Greek interpretation is “male, virile.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arsene is a variant of Arsenio. An origin associated with Arsenio is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arsene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 70 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,981 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,981 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 335 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arsene’s family of names
Arsene has a related form in Arsenio. Arsene has a related form in Arseni. In English usage, Arsene has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Αρσένιος.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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